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Cerura vinula Puss Moth

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
1943 Birkenhead SJ3088 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_06835, Birkenhead School in SJ38
27 Jul 1942 Bebington SJ3285 Larval 1 on poplar in lane, emerged 25/5/1943
23 May 1942 Bebington SJ3285 Adult 12 assembled to female. Smith (1948)
1942 Delamere SJ5570 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1942 Chester SJ4166 Adult 3 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
17 Jun 1941 Bebington SJ3285 Larval 1+ on poplar in lane, emerging 3/5/1942, 16/5/1942, 22/5/1942, 3/6/1942
1940 Oxton SJ3087 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_05934, Birkenhead and area in SJ38
1940 Birkenhead School SJ299881 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01541, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
1940 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_22478
1940 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ a common species all over the county, Mansbridge (1940)
1937 Cheadle Hulme SJ8686 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 1/12/1937, Man Ent Soc 35:20, grid reference not provided
26 May 1936 Saltney SJ3766 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1933 Wilmslow SJ8381 Larval 1 Man Ent Soc 32:7-9, grid reference and date not provided. BRC Ref: V05_28087, date pre 1941
1933 Wilmslow SJ8381 Adult 1 Man Ent Soc 32:7-9, grid reference not provided
04 Sep 1927 Meols SJ2390 Larval 1 Feeding on Sallow near Moreton and Meols. Full grown.
29 Aug 1927 Heswall SJ2881 Larval 2 Feeding on Sallow. On railway banks Heswall Hills
28 Aug 1927 Moreton SJ2590 Larval 5 Feeding on Sallow near Moreton. All but one in last skin.
24 Aug 1927 Spital SJ3383 Larval 1 Described as Spital Park Estate. (The only reference to Spital Park I could find gave an address in Uplands Road, Spital park, Wirral, Cheshire). Feeding on Sallow.
21 Aug 1927 Burton SJ3174 Larval 3 Feeding on Poplar.
20 Aug 1927 West Kirby SJ2186 Larval 5 All feeding on Poplar. Various stages. Several very small.
14 Aug 1927 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 2 Feeding on Poplar.
12 Aug 1927 Bromborough SJ3480 Larval 4 BRC Ref: V05_06053, Found on Poplar trees by railway line near Miss Wurner's House
07 Aug 1927 Hoylake SJ2188 Larval 9 Feeding on Poplar
06 Aug 1927 Ness SJ3075 Larval 1 On Poplars bordering the main Neston Road, Ness, near Burton. Fairly large.
02 Aug 1927 Mollington SJ3870 Larval 1 On one of the road near Mollington. Nearly fully grown.
01 Aug 1927 Burton SJ3174 Egg 1 Feeding on Sallow by the roadside leading to Burton.
31 Jul 1927 Burton SJ3174 Larval 4 on Poplar around Burton and Ness. 2 large, 2 moderate size.
25 Jun 1927 Burton SJ3174 Larval 1 Caught on Poplar trees growing near Burton. First skin. Also ova
08 Jul 1926 Burton SJ3174 Larval 2 Along the road to Burton.All small.
07 Sep 1924 Burton SJ3174 Pupal 1 Near Burton. On Poplar
10 Aug 1924 Burton SJ3174 Larval 1 Next to last skin. On sallow near Burton.
07 Aug 1924 Huntington SJ4264 Larval 11 Sent to me by Nash and found feeding on willow. All fully grown, 1 died.
02 Aug 1924 Burton SJ3074 Larval 5 On Poplars quite close to the sea, near Burton.
01 Jul 1922 Tarvin SJ4866 Larval 7 BRC Ref: V05_10283
01 Sep 1921 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 1+ Did not reach maturity
1921 Frandley House, Frandley SJ640788 Adult 1 a series exhibited at Man Ent Soc 4/10/1922, Man Ent Soc 20:14
13 Jun 1920 Chester SJ4165 Adult 1 LCES 42-44:59, grid reference not provided
1920 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, undated, fairly common most years, Smith (1948)
1916 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
25 May 1913 Rostherne Mere SJ7483 Adult 1 Shaw Green
1910 SJ68 SJ68 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18497
29 Jun 1903 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1 Dicranura vinula, to electric lamp, The Entom. 37:24, grid reference not provided
1903 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ common throughout the whole of Cheshire. Day (1903)
1898 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1+ unusually common at Chester, grid reference unknown, in the first week of June
1898 SJ98 SJ98 Not recorded 1 Date and grid reference not provided
23 Apr 1892 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 Dicranura vinula Grid ref not provided. ENT REC: 3:132
1891 Chester SJ4065 Larval 1 Dicranura vinula. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 24:286-290
1885 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ not very common, Walker (1885)
1879 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1+ adults occasionally found on willows in May, the larvae feeing on sallows August, year and grid reference not provided. Young Nat. 1:204-207.
1800 SJ56 SJ56 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_13206, pre 1941
1800 Lymm SJ6887 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18442, Lymm in SJ68, pre 1941
1800 SJ57 SJ57 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_13815, pre 1941


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